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That would be a neat trick. Non-tendered in 2021. $100 millon in 2022.
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And he is not a big name. A lot of people were mad at Bloom's rather mundane deadline acquisitions. Many even said he "ruined the season" of a team that they predicted would win 70 games in the first place and is now one game away from the ALCS.
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Let me guess - you predicted the 2013 Sox to finish a distant fourth in the AL East, too…
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Alex-Verdugo Expresses Desire to Become Two-Way Player
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The exclusive club includes Dave McCarty, Brooks Kieschnick and Mike Lorenzen. Not to mention those who switched from one to the other, like Rick Ankiel, Ron Mahay, and Lefty O’Doul. Others like Tim Wakefield, Sean Doolittle, Rafael Betancourt, Joe Nathan, Matt Bush, and Trevor Hoffman switched in the minors… -
Alex-Verdugo Expresses Desire to Become Two-Way Player
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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Alex-Verdugo Expresses Desire to Become Two-Way Player
notin replied to a700hitter's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Probably worth noting that the last two way player on the Sox only pitched 3.2 IP, and he wasn’t exactly tied up with a starting LF job either. Verdugo does have a very strong arm, but I think it’s very difficult for a player who doesn’t focus exclusively on pitching to compete with a pitcher who does… -
Lighten up on ERod. He missed all of 2020 with not only COVID, but also COVID-induced myocarditis (aka an inflammation of his heart). There were questions if he would ever pitch again, let alone make 31 starts and throw 157 innings. It’s really a minor miracle he’s playing ball at all, let alone pitching in the postseason after throwing that many innings so soon after his health-nightmare of 2020. There is a lot in play here that has nothing to do with whatever “glazed look in his eye” people seem to cling to as if it has any significance. He’s had enough actual physical problems that confidence is the least of his issues…
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Also with a 30mph fastball...
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Why? What is being proven is that he is a serious weapon out of the bullpen...
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Arroyo was not getting an out on that play, although his repeated attempts to pick it up and boot it like he was trying to grab a live rabbit that had scampered on to the field probably necessitated giving him some sort of defensive miscue. At the very least, given how hard that ball was to pick up, no one suspected Brasier of using any sort of sticky substance...
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While the SP has been ineffective, the Sox did get shutout in game one. Can’t blame the SP there…
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No s***. 26 innings spread out over 5 seasons? That’s the “evidence”. And that one pre-2017 series that makes up about 1/3 of his career post-season innings came against some garbage can-thumping ne’er-do-wells, and that might be heavily impacting those numbers in that series. Also, Sale from 2017 has zero relevance today…
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It was 8-6 in the 7th inning when Wacha came in. That’s like punting on 3rd and 2…
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ALWAYS pour it on. I never understood those “save some for tomorrow” people. 1. That’s not possible 2. Pouring it on makes the bullpen throw more pitches, which is the only way to impact tomorrow’s game today…
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Yes, that half of the glass is empty…
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Yeah but that’s just official scorer BS. Really Hernandez deserved an error on Franco’s “double” in the first inning of game one…
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Based on 3 starts?
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And remember, thread starter, do not change the date for the next game…
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Both are good plans…
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Ok, Bogaerts ALWAYS gets to call the shots. It’s 100% his decision. But when Boston made the offer, Boras undoubtedly advised him one way or the other. It’s actually possible that Boras is the one who got the opt out in the contract in the first place. (This makes a ton of sense because Dombrowski is surely not dumb enough to put an opt out clause into a discount-valued contract.)
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I never argued with the conclusion, but your previous comp was made a bit irrelevant by the glaring age difference…
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Good. But of course, UZR is evaluated against league average, so it also depends on which shortstop played in league with better counterparts. And really, I’m not sure which one did. Through age 29, Jeter played in a league where teams were just starting to get premium offense from the SS position, but Bogaerts played his career where the curve was literally destroyed by Andrelton Simmons…
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Seriously? You compared Bogaerts through age 29 to Jeter though age 40? C'mon man!
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Maybe Verdugo could have snuck in behind Arozarena to cover third. Given how far everyone had shifted, they clearly did not expect Verdugo to be needed for any sort of batted ball...
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Well, it might be a factor. Even Bloom has to realize he cannot be the guy who traded Betts, Benintendi and Bogaerts and let Bradley walk unless he can win another title very quickly. If he does win, he can be known as a Brilliant GM. If he does not, then he his public rep is just as likely to be known as The Guy Who Broke Up the Killer B's for No Reason. And he might not be so hot on being known as Frazee 2.0....
